Bacotoma? sp. 9
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Spilomelinae
- Genus: Bacotoma
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest.
- Wing Length: 12mm
Taxonomy
Bacotoma sp. 9. An specimen from Sabah, Tawau Hills N.P. in the MFNH, Berlin.
Description
This sp. has a dark brown costa with a darker suffusion medianally on the subcosta. Both wings have broad brown wing borders on a golden yellow base like P. ptochura Meyrick. The males are similar with no obvious anal hair scales. Similar to B. ptochura Meyrick but it has no transverse submedian and postmedian lines on its wings.
Schulze (2000) Taxon #597.
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References
- Schulze, C.H. (2000) Auswirkungen anthropogener Störungen auf die DiversitÀt von Herbivoren. (Analys von Nachtfalterzönosen entlang von Habitatgradienten in Ost-Malaysia). Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Bayreuth, Germany, 350pp.
